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Wilson’s Prom 44km trail run – Race Report
After tearing my calf 8 weeks earlier, I wasn’t sure that I would get to the start line of the Wilson’s Prom 44km trail race – I’d already had to withdraw from the Murray Marathon a month earlier and was still dealing with some ongoing a...

#melbournepack RUNNER PROFILE 4:
Michael Kernahan. This 22 year year old was making awesome progress over the summer, including a win at Zatopek B race in shocking conditions. In early January he broke his 5th metatarsal when rolling his foot on a descent in a mountain run. After training hard in Po...

#melbournepack RUNNER PROFILE 3:
Julie Fly has made enormous improvements so far in 2019. This gritty, extremely determined runner has broken the 30 minute barrier for the #5km twice in the last two weeks, with a big PB at the #chelseabicentennialparkrun on Saturday of 29.13.

Well done to the Melbourne Pack and SWEAT SYDNEY athletes that competed at the Australian Masters Athletics Championships over the last 4 days. A mighty medal haul of 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. RESULTS:
Marlene Gourlay: (65-69) 1st in 1500m – 6.25.92, 1st in 2000m steeplechase- 9.51.48, 1s...

#melbournepack RUNNER PROFILE NO.2
Sabina Rees has been remarkable on her comeback to training post baby a bit over a year ago. What a tough cookie. After going through the pregnancy, then two separate foot fractures post baby, she came to Melbourne Pack. The result, 6 months of relatively injury fr...

I coach Danielle Hodgkinson online. Kudos to this lass from #newcastleontyne in #england who has had an awesome past week of racing. A week ago she ran a 10km PB of 34.13 to come 12th in the Parrelloop 10km in Holland, running for England. She backed this up with a win in the Titanic 10km in Belfast...

#melbournepack RUNNER PROFILE 1:
Benny Skurka has been improving out of sight in recent months. He is getting close to the 20 minute mark over 5km and smashed his 10km #pb to 43.34. Most impressive has been his ability to take incredible selfies on long runs and his gradual improvement at turning up...

Well done to all our super speedy racers over the weekend.
Dion Finocchiaro ran a 1.10.20 to come 7th in the Canberra Half marathon off a heavy training week.
Michael Kernahan scored two medals at the Australian University Championships in Sydney, with silver in the 10000m and bronze in the 5000m
Th...